Think you know where in the beer world this photo was taken?
For those who get the blog via and RSS feed, the answer to #13 (with an additional photo) has been posted.
More chapters in this this non-contest are here. Meanwhile remember I’m interested in your comments even if you don’t have an answer to the question.
Geez, could I make it harder? Is it really fair to ask you where in the beer world this photo was taken? I am anyway.
Quite honestly, it won’t be a slam dunk when I post a second picture with the answer.
But stick with me on this. There’s a lesson, or maybe two, to be learned.
Rather than offering a clue this week, I’ll suggest a second question you might find it easier to comment on. What’s going on here?
Posted Oct. 18
That’s a helles fermentation at the top in one of these ultra-modern looking fermenters at Private Landbrauerei Schönram in the German village of Schönram near the Austrian border.
Yes, Schönram uses open fermentation for all its beers, which account for almost 95 percent of production (46,000 HL). The unique fermenters allow for open fermentation and make it easy to skim the yeast daily (brewmaster Eric Toft believes this makes for smoother beer). What makes them different is that they can be closed and cleaned easily, eliminating the excuse many larger breweries use when they modernize and install closed fermentation vessels.
Ron Pattinson hit on why I posted this photo (see his comment below) — that’s a bottom fermenting yeast at work (and no even at high krausen). As he noted, open fermentation remains common in Bavaria, and not just for weiss beers. Common, but no universal.
There’s a lot more different about Schönram, but that’s a story that’s going elsewhere.
The weekly reminder about this feature.
Where in the beer world was this photo taken?
Think you know? Just want to be as clever as Matt?
That’s why the Internet God created comments.
If you just stumbled in, here’s more about this weekly feature.
OK, you should already know how this works (I’m lining up more fabulous prizes, but short time to chat about them).
If you know where in the beer world this photo was taken please leave a comment. Or feel free just to comment on the photo even if you don’t have a clue where it was snapped.
A clue? We’re not in Yakima any more, Toto.
If you know where in the beer world this photo was taken please leave a comment.
Don’t worry about being the first to answer – your comments are welcome at any time.
Yes, this makes two photos in the first ten in this series featuring cobwebs, but consider that your hint.
If you are wondering what this is all about visit here or here.
And if you’d like to see a larger, slightly artsier, version of the photo look here.
